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Already reported 1x10lb salmon from Island beat.

1 Salmon

River and water condition were good. Weather sunny/cloudy. No sign of any migratory fish. Many sights of resident brown trout. In the afternoon changed tackle and fished afterwards for brownies with some success. All returned to the river.

5 Trout

River in good nick but needed a bit more water to encourage holding Salmon to move. Heavy canoe traffic until late afternoon.
1 Chub caught on a large Salmon fly on the Maddox.
Several residents giving an acrobatic display at the tail of the Vanstone. Tried every method known to Falkus to get them to take the fly but to no avail.
Treated to spectacular display of angling skills by a team of Kingfishers picking off fry on the margins. If only they could talk, perhaps they could give me a few hints!
Excellent and entertaining day though.

1 Chub

An excellent beat for less experienced salmon anglers to cut their teeth on. I arranged to have the assistance of the "indispensable" Mick the beat gillie for the morning and he saved me fishing large areas of the beat which tend to not hold fish. We started between the Corner Stone and the Maddox and Mick was flicking my line out for me when he was into a salmon before getting the whole shooting head out of the rings, sadly he passed the rod to me and despite good pressure being maintained he thought the fish was poorly hooked and it threw the fly. I fished hard until about 5pm but no more takes despite many coloured fish jumping and one bar of silver in The Stones. This is my second day on the Wye and Goodrich Court was well described in the directions and access to the pools was also easy compared to Lower Hill Court where I failed to determine the Upper limit and wasted a lot of fishing time returning down stream and finding access points. Thanks very much to Mick, well worth booking again.

River higher than I would like and the water was very warm. Plenty of salmon showing, but nothing more than play. fished 06.00 to 11.30 when the canoes became too frequent.

Looks like a nice bit of water and did see a couple of fish but failed to connect with them. Mick was very helpful.

2 Chub

Great fly water but no luck today. Six salmon moving in Vanstone and 2 in the wires. But no takes on fly apart from a chub and a perch. This must be the best kept beat on the river - clear pathways and cut out steps.

1 Chub, 1 Other

First time on this Beat, and a lovely spot. Thought I'd get there early to miss the Canoes, which did indeed come and spoilt the party mid morning. However, had a few hours of enjoyable fishing, The neck of the Maddox Pool looked like the best bet, but no fish seen. Did see a coloured fish jumping about in the Vanstone, but very difficult to present a fly in such slow running water. Will bring a spinning rod next time, which I think you need to get the best out of the beat.

Thank you to Mick, for his kind advice and direction. I will be using his services next time I come.

Level slightly high and still with some colour. Fly only and no contacts. Did see a few fish, one very coloured.

Water with a rise of 9 inches and constant weed flowing down and cloudy made the day impossible to fish. Packed up at 10.30 am given up as a bad day.